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AMLO’s Election and the Future of Mexico’s National Anti-Corruption System
7.30.2018
This is a guest post by Robert Clark, Manager of Legal Research, TRACE International, where he oversees a team of lawyers responsible for the production of analytical content. Mexico’s new president-elect, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, has a wide range of tools to deploy in furtherance of his signature anti-corruption agenda. He has proposed enhancing governmental […]
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Colombia Ramps Up Enforcement of Transnational Bribery Law
7.12.2018
Recent announcements in Colombia indicate that the country is taking seriously its new transnational bribery law. Colombia’s Superintendent for Corporate Entities (“Supersociedades”), the local enforcement body for the new law, sanctioned its first company for a foreign bribery offense involving Ecuador, applying a penalty of about US$1.8 million. Local press reports that Supersociedades also fined […]
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Reflections on Week of Compliance in Brazil
6.06.2018
This guest post was written by Tom Fox, known as the Compliance Evangelist. It has been cross-posted from the FCPA Compliance and Ethics Blog. I have finished up my week in Brazil and I wanted to end this week’s Brazil focused blog posts with some final thoughts and observations on the country’s burgeoning compliance scene. […]
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Third-Party Due Diligence—Not Just a One Time Thing
4.11.2018
This post was authored by Leah Moushey, an Associate at Miller & Chevalier Chartered. It is no secret that a company can be held liable under the FCPA for misconduct carried out by third parties. Indeed, the majority of corporate resolutions involve the participation of agents, consultants, distributors, lawyers, accountants, or other third-party intermediaries. Under […]
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Peru Introduces Corporate Liability for Corruption Offenses with a Compliance Program Defense
4.02.2018
This article was originally published in Miller & Chevalier’s FCPA Winter Review 2018. On January 1, 2018, Peruvian Law 30424 went into effect, introducing corporate liability for existing criminal offenses related to corruption, money laundering, and terrorist financing. The law was originally scheduled to take effect in July 2017, but Legislative Decree 1352, adopted on […]